What is the met office long range forecast for the rest of the month?

Tuesday was fairly chilly for many parts, and the Met Office forecasts a cold night ahead, with showers in the east. Frost is likely on untreated roads on Wednesday morning, so take care if

you’re up early. But as January heads on, it looks like things could get very wintery indeed. This weekend will bring rain in places on Saturday with brighter spells but windy further north.

A cloudy, windy day is forecast on Sunday, with some light drizzle over western hills and the best of any bright spells in the east. Some more prolonged spells of rain are likely in the far

north/northwest where there's a risk of gales. By Monday it may turn colder and brighter with wintry showers across parts of the northeast. There is a trend towards more changeable

conditions during next week, with spells of rain followed by colder and showery conditions, possibly turning to snow on northern hills. The best of any drier and brighter interludes will be

towards the south. The Met Office said that for the latter part of January “there may be a transition to colder weather with more widespread frosts and an enhanced risk of snow.” During the

last week of January and into early February, the Met Office forecasts an increased likelihood of colder weather conditions becoming established generally across all of the UK. This would

bring an enhanced risk of frost, fog and also snow. However, the Met Office said: “These colder conditions are by no means certain though, and even if they do occur, they are will probably

still be interspersed with some milder, wetter and windy interludes.” But bookies are slashing odds on the month getting very chilly. Coral has predicted odds of 4/6 that this winter will

become the coldest on record. Coral’s Harry Aitkenhead said: “Forecasters are warning that temperatures are going to plunge towards zero and beyond and it’s left us with no choice but to

have the coldest winter on record as odds on. “We’re certainly expecting snow to fall sooner rather than later now and the capital’s residents can expect some this month.” Coral also has

odds on 8/1 that 2019 will be the wettest year on record. Mr Aitkenhead said: “Every year we offer odds on both the hottest and wettest years to become a reality and this year it is 8-1 for

2019 to enter the record books for rainfall. "A few months of bad weather could certainly see those odds slashed, however.”